Corpses were lying in a haze of scent. The bombs also destroyed the chemist´s
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František Staněk was born on 20 June 1944 in Mladá Boleslav. His father, František Staněk Sr., trained to be a chemist. In 1938 he moved to Mladá Boleslav and set up the shop At the Good Advice (U Dobré rady). However, his very well-known and popular chemist´s was bombed by the Red Army air force on 9 May 1945. He ran the newly established chemist´s at a new address until 1948, when the state authorities nationalized the store and the owner turned into a mere shop assistant. Like his father, František Staněk trained as a chemist and in 1991 he managed to continue the family tradition by re-establishing a chemist´s with the original name At the Good Advice, specializing in photography and photographic supplies. He used his passion for photography well during the occupation in August 1968, when he captured the occupying troops in the streets of Mladá Boleslav. In 2021 he was living in Mladá Boleslav.
